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16 U.S.C. § 2611 — Findings
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The Congress finds that the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, the preservation of national security, and the proper exercise of congressional authority under the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce require—
(1) a program providing for increased conservation of electric energy, increased efficiency in the use of facilities and resources by electric utilities, and equitable retail rates for electric consumers,
(2) a program to improve the wholesale distribution of electric energy, the reliability of electric service, the procedures concerning consideration of wholesale rate applications before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the participation of the public in matters before the Commission, and to provide other measures with respect to the regulation of the wholesale sale of electric energy,
(3) a program to provide for the expeditious development of hydroelectric potential at existing small dams to provide needed hydroelectric power,
(4) a program for the conservation of natural gas while insuring that rates to natural gas consumers are equitable,
(5) a program to encourage the development of crude oil transportation systems, and
(6) the establishment of certain other authorities as provided in title VI of this Act.
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The Congress finds that the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, the preservation of national security, and the proper exercise of congressional authority under the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce require—
(1) a program providing for increased conservation of electric energy, increased efficiency in the use of facilities and resources by electric utilities, and equitable retail rates for electric consumers,
(2) a program to improve the wholesale distribution of electric energy, the reliability of electric service, the procedures concerning consideration of wholesale rate applications before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the participation of the public in matters before the Commission, and to provide other measures with respect to the regulation of the wholesale sale of electric energy,
(3) a program to provide for the expeditious development of hydroelectric potential at existing small dams to provide needed hydroelectric power,
(4) a program for the conservation of natural gas while insuring that rates to natural gas consumers are equitable,
(5) a program to encourage the development of crude oil transportation systems, and
(6) the establishment of certain other authorities as provided in title VI of this Act.
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There are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) not to exceed $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out [section 6807 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6807&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to State utility regulatory assistance);
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out [section 6805 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6805&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to State offices of consumer services); and
(3) not to exceed $8,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1980 to carry out [section 6804(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6804/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to innovative rate structures).
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) The term “eligible grantee” means a local government or municipality, peoples’ utility district, irrigation district, and cooperative, nonprofit, or limited-dividend association in a rural area.
(2) The term “incremental hydropower” means additional generation achieved from increased efficiency after January 1, 2005, at a hydroelectric dam that was placed in service before January 1, 2005.
(3) The term “renewable energy” means electricity generated from—
(A) a renewable energy source; or
(B) hydrogen, other than hydrogen produced from a fossil fuel, that is produced from a renewable energy source.
(4) The term “renewable energy source” means—
(A) wind;
(B) ocean waves;
(C) biomass;
(D) solar;
(E) landfill gas;
(F) incremental hydropower;
(G) livestock methane; or
(H) geothermal energy.
(5) The term “rural area” means a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of not more than 10,000 inhabitants.
**(b) Grants** The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, may provide grants under this section to eligible grantees for the purpose of—
(1) increasing energy efficiency, siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines serving rural areas; or
(2) providing or modernizing electric generation facilities that serve rural areas.
**(c) Grant administration**
(1) The Secretary shall make grants under this section based on a determination of cost-effectiveness and the most effective use of the funds to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b).
(2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate grant funds under this section equally between the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
(3) In
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The purposes of this chapter are to encourage—
(1) conservation of energy supplied by electric utilities;
(2) the optimization of the efficiency of use of facilities and resources by electric utilities; and
(3) equitable rates to electric consumers.
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**(a) Extension or improvement of facilities on order of court; notice and hearing** Whenever the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct a natural-gas company to extend or improve its transportation facilities, to establish physical connection of its transportation facilities with the facilities of, and sell natural gas to, any person or municipality engaged or legally authorized to engage in the local distribution of natural or artificial gas to the public, and for such purpose to extend its transportation facilities to communities immediately adjacent to such facilities or to territory served by such natural-gas company, if the Commission finds that no undue burden will be placed upon such natural-gas company thereby: Provided, That the Commission shall have no authority to compel the enlargement of transportation facilities for such purposes, or to compel such natural-gas company to establish physical connection or sell natural gas when to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its customers.
**(b) Abandonment of facilities or services; approval of Commission** No natural-gas company shall abandon all or any portion of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission and approval of the Commission first had and obtained, after due hearing, and a finding by the Commission that the available supply of natural gas is depleted to the extent that the continuance of service is unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permit such abandonment.
**(c) Certificate of public convenience and necessity**
(1)
(A) No natural-gas comp
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Additional services** — The term “additional services” means the provision of supplementary power, backup or standby power, maintenance power, or interruptible power to an electric consumer by an electric utility.
(2) **Waste heat to power system** — The term “waste heat to power system” means a system that generates electricity through the recovery of waste energy.
(3) **Other terms**
(A) *Purpa* — The terms “electric consumer”, “electric utility”, “interconnection service”, “nonregulated electric utility”, and “State regulatory authority” have the meanings given those terms in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ([16 U.S.C. 2601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), within the meaning of title I of that Act ([16 U.S.C. 2611](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2611&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(B) *EPCA* — The terms “combined heat and power system” and “waste energy” have the meanings given those terms in [section 6341 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6341&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Review**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 180 days after November 15, 2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other appropriate entities, shall review existing rules and procedures relating to interconnection service and additional services throughout the United States for electric generation with nameplate capacity up to 150 megawatts connecting at either distribution or transmission voltage levels to identify barriers to the deployment of combined heat and power systems and waste heat to power s
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In this part:
(1) **Administrator** — The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) **Combined heat and power** — The term “combined heat and power system” means a facility that—
(A) simultaneously and efficiently produces useful thermal energy and electricity; and
(B) recovers not less than 60 percent of the energy value in the fuel (on a higher-heating-value basis) in the form of useful thermal energy and electricity.
(3) **Net excess power** — The term “net excess power” means, for any facility, recoverable waste energy recovered in the form of electricity in quantities exceeding the total consumption of electricity at the specific time of generation on the site at which the facility is located.
(4) **Project** — The term “project” means a recoverable waste energy project or a combined heat and power system project.
(5) **Recoverable waste energy** — The term “recoverable waste energy” means waste energy from which electricity or useful thermal energy may be recovered through modification of an existing facility or addition of a new facility.
(6) **Registry** — The term “Registry” means the Registry of Recoverable Waste Energy Sources established under [section 6342(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6342/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) **Useful thermal energy** — The term “useful thermal energy” means energy—
(A) in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, or other thermal form that is used in production and beneficial measures for heating, cooling, humidity control, process use, or other valid thermal end-use energy requirements; and
(B) for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed.
(8) **Waste energy** — The term “waste energy”
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 2621
CODIFICATION
This section was not enacted as part of title I of Pub.
L. 95–617 which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS
1992—Pars. (19) to (21). Pub. L. 102–486 added pars. (19)
to (21).
§ 2603. Relationship to antitrust laws
Nothing in this Act or in any amendment
made by this Act affects—
(1) the applicability of the antitrust laws to
any electric utility or gas utility (as defined
in section 3202 of title 15), or
(2) any authority of the Secretary or of the
Commission under any other provision of law
(including the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C.
791a et seq.] and the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C.
717 et seq.]) respecting unfair methods of com-
petition or anticompetitive acts or practices.
(Pub. L. 95–617, § 4, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act Pub. L. 95–617,
Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3117, known as the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 2601 of this title and Tables.
The Federal Power Act, referred to in par. (2), is act
June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, which is classified
generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 791a of this title and Tables.
The Natural Gas Act, referred to in par. (2), is act
June 21, 1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, which is classified
generally to chapter 15B (§ 717 et seq.) of Title 15, Com-
merce and Trade. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see section 717w of Title 15 and Tables.
CODIFICATION
This section was not enacted as part of title I of Pub.
L. 95–617 which comprises this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER I—R
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